Hub for vehicle-wheels.



IMS. BRYANT.

HUB FOR `VEHICLE WHEELS. APPLICATION Flu-:o Aue. 22,1914,

1,176O30. Hamed Maf. 21,1916,

- TrATENT oFFioE.

RICHARD 1s. BRYANT, orcLEvELAND, oHIo, AssIGNoR ToTHE STANDARD WELDING COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, oH1o,-A CORPORATION or oHIo.

`HUB non VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Beit knownthat I, R1CHARD`S. BRYANT,

' :f alfcitizen of the-United States,` and a resi- Udent of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and

` 5.!State' ofkOhioahave lnvented a new and use-v TM present invention relates to vehicle i lvwith wire-spokes. i y

,i "'Iheobject of the invention `is the pro- "vision of a hub of which the partsmay be `.economically manufactured and easily asf.

Msembled to forma hub that will be very -fstrong and rigid;` i

andlrelated ends.isaidinvention.then,` consists of thejmeans hereinafter fullydescribed i and particularly pointed `outin the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following `description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention;` such disjclosed means constituting. however. but one wof various mechanical forms in which the `principle of the invention may be used.

f .y In said annexed drawing. Figure l isan end elevation of a hub embodying the in- "Qvention :land Fig. Qis` a sectional view on theli/'ne Aff-A of Fig. 1,w`ith a rim shown in.

,.35` section and spokes shown in diagram.`

l, "The hub comprises a rolled tubular sleeve vlwhich is4 int-ended to be suitablymounted Ionlthefront axle of ,an automobile with lsuitablebearings. At its ,inner endthe sleeve ,A 40 3ispreferably provided with an enlarged cy- "flindrical portion 2. and at its outer end it `receives the usual dust cap A,

"A rolled c vlindrical'shell l is fitted on the i ".wssleeve'land is secureditothe sleeve prefery46 ably` by-la 'peripheral series` of rivets At ,uterend theshell is formed with an ""nc. .lied surface, (l to properly receive the nner ends of au series of spokes l2. At its neriendfshell is 'fol-iiieclwith an; outarill" extending flange 7. i

i ilaifplate is fitted against `the' preferal'bly"by.afseries of rivets 9. uter periphery the plate is formed `wheelsrand particularly` to hubs for `wheels f" .To the accomplishment `of the 'foregoing d`e"`of tlie"flange .T andi secured Patented llIal'. 21, 1916.

d Applicationled August 22, 1914. Serial o. 858,015.

with an inclined lange'lO to properly receive. the inner ends of a series of spokes 13 which, with the spokes l2, are secured at their outer ends to a rim 1-1. n `At its inner periphery the plate 8 isprovided with aange 11 which `bears against the enlarged cylindrical portion 2 of the 'sleeve 1.

An annular speedometer gear 15 is fitted on the flange 11 and against a shoulder 16 formed in the flange. and it is secured in 'place by a series of bolts 17 which extend through the flange 7, the plate 8, and the gear.

The several parts of the hub provided by the present invention may be rolled by eco- A.

nomical operationsand may be assembled and secured together readily and easily. The completed hub is a rigidstructme admirably adapted for use in aV wire spoke wheel. and it may be easily placed in position on its axle. Y pk Other modes of applying the principleof my invention may be employed instead of the one explained. change being made as I' regards the mechanism herein disclosed. provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point o ut and distinctly claim as my invention 1. A wheel hub, comprising a tubular sleeve; a cylindrical shell secured to the sleeve. the shell being formed at its inner end withv an outwardly extending flange; and a circular platcsecured to the flange of'the shell. the plate being formed at its outer periphery with an inclined flange and at its inner periphery with a flange bearing against the sleeve.

wheel hub, comprising a tubular sleeve: a cylindrical shell secured to the sleeve` the shell being formed near its outer end with an inclined surface/and at its inner end with an outwardly extending flange: and acircular plate secured to the flange of the shell.r .the plate being formed atits outer periphery with an inclined Hange' and at its inner" periphery against the sleeve.

Signed by me. this 20th da?! of Aug.. 1914. y RICHARD S. BRYANT. Attested luy-- i VREMAIVILLIAMS. R. C. COOLEY.

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